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Daniel Murphy

Football legend Diego Maradona slams Paul Pogba for Manchester United performances

Football legend Diego Maradona has slammed Paul Pogba for his lack of effort and revealed which Manchester United player he was a fan of.

Pogba has had a mixed season at Old Trafford. After falling out with Jose Mourinho he put on several great performances when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took charge, showing the ability that everyone knows he has.

However, as the season wore on his form dwindled and he's now being heavily linked with a move away from Manchester to Real Madrid.

Argentine icon Maradona, who is widely regarded as the best player in the history of the sport, is currently the manager of Mexican second division side Dorados and doesn't appear to be a fan of the Frenchman.

"With United I liked Ander Herrera. Paul Pogba? Doesn’t work hard enough," the Barcelona and Napoli legend told FourFourTwo.

Maradona also reminisced about the occasion he played against Manchester United in the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final in the 1983/84 season, and compared Old Trafford to the famous home of Boca Juniors.

"We played at Old Trafford. What noise, like La Bombonera.

"I use that game as an example to my players. Barcelona won the home game 2-0 and we went to Manchester confident. Too confident, as we lost 3-0 and went out.

"I told my players about that when we were 3-1 up after beating Mineros last week, I told them not to let what happened to me happen to them, and we won 2-0 in the second game on Saturday.

"And I remember the game in Manchester. Bryan Robson - he was my favourite English player of that generation - played that night. But I should have won a penalty in that game!"

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